A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC) — I’m one of the few people on the planet who can’t stand that sad-sack loser Charlie Brown, but even I enjoy this Christmas special. Side note: I like that most shows’ Christmas episodes are taking place during Hanukkah. Take THAT, Hollywood-controlling Jews!

Minute to Win It (NBC) — Season premiere. Yay, Guy Fieri is back. Christmas came early this year.

In Treatment (HBO) Season finale. I know that therapy is useful for a lot of people, but it bores the hell out of me. Why do I wanna listen to people talk about their problems? TV’s my prostitute, not my girlfriend.

Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) — James Franco enjoys the languid and selfless oral services of James Lipton. Ever notice how James Lipton rarely asks a question? Tonight he’s sure to say something like “You appeared in a soap opera” and then just stop. It really bothers me.

Glee (Fox) — It’s a Christmas episode, and you know what that means: Christmas carols sung in annoying new ways.[GIF via]

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Every year I keep expecting Charlie Brown to finally end it all halfway through. Every kid in that town (Linus excepted) is a total a-hole and treats him like shit.

12.07.10 at 6:17 pm

Patty Boots

The boutique I used to work in had a flat-screen TV on the wall, and we’d usually play these cutesy little fashion videos. But from Black Friday through Christmas Eve, we played the Charlie Brown Christmas special. All day. On loop. Muted, but still.

And yet that dancing scene is still adorable. So I guess that just goes to show how good it is.

12.07.10 at 6:18 pm

donturtuccio

So you make short films with floppy penises…

12.07.10 at 6:20 pm

Patty Boots

But even I’m over Glee at this point. Unless they can go back to the glory days of the pilot, forget it.

12.07.10 at 6:57 pm

Danger Guerrero

@Patty – I’m pretty sure “Glory Days of the Pilot” is what the call Top Gun in Russia.

12.07.10 at 10:11 pm

Stinky Pete

I accidentally caught 30 seconds of Glee tonight, they were singing that Whoville song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. One question: do they autotune the living snot out of them like that on every episode?

12.07.10 at 10:19 pm

Patty Boots

DG, you can be my wing comrade anytime.

And, yes, they doalways autotune the crap out of them. Which really defeats the whole talent angle.

12.07.10 at 10:57 pm

Stinky Pete

@Patty, you hit on the point I was aiming for: what’s the point of a show is about chorale singers but none of the actors can carry worth a damn?

I’m old enough to remember the original Fame and as much as that show was a steaming pile of melodramatic horseshit, at least the vocal students could actually sing.

In other news, GET OFF MY LAWN!

12.07.10 at 11:25 pm

donturtuccio

I used to like Glee… but then it got terrible…

I miss it back when teachers were molesting students and planting pot in their lockers… now my teacher’s kids watch it… christ

12.08.10 at 9:32 am

Parker Jammstein

The Whole of Russia=The Danger Zone

makes sense

12.08.10 at 9:44 am

Patty Boots

The thing is, Pete, some of them actually CAN sing. Really well. But they still autotune everybody. Not to mention that they pick a lot of terrible songs. It’s such a waste.